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Funding

2010-02-26T21:29:02-05:00

We are on the North East England Service Provider Register (and we have a 4 star rating!)

Only registered providers with satisfactory customer feedback are eligible to receive referrals from Business Link and other business support organisations using the North East England Service Provider Register so, it’is a true mark of quality.

So if you have a digital project and your business is based in North East England, speak to your local Business Link office and you could work with us and receive funding towards the cost of your project.

Whats Goes On?

2010-02-20T11:44:46-05:00

Lots happening these last few weeks:

More design work for Shopify and Pixellent
An App Store for a dataflow company based in California
A theme for Tispira.com, a new RoR hosted CMS

… and GamesThatGive is currently on the Pepsi.com homepage

More example projects on our Flickr photostream

Refine Page Designs Using Heatmaps

2010-02-11T17:31:23-05:00

Working with SnapLogic on the design of their new app store we are using attention heatmaps to predict where users look during the first few seconds of their visit to refine page designs. On the product collection page (above) hotspots are over product info buttons and category nav (right where you want them to be).

Tree/Bird

2010-01-15T13:38:12-05:00

Logo Concept

You Play. We Donate. No Catch.

2009-11-04T22:02:57-05:00

GamesThatGive creates casual video games where you earn donations for your favorite charity, for free, just by playing. GamesThatGive follows a simple model: You play. We donate. Charities win.

Read more on VentureBeat.com and The Huffington Post.

Charity Partners include: UNICEF, Ronald McDonald House, Mercy Corps. Current Advertisers include: Pepsi, Dominoʼs Pizza, Starbucks. Happy to say I work on the team as the designer. ~~More to follow...~~

UI Slideshow:

Or go to Flickr to view these images

Design Concept - Sparklewren

2009-10-20T20:33:41-04:00

Keeping It In The Family

2009-07-24T16:23:24-04:00

Logo, business cards and website to follow

Teacherer

2009-07-18T07:24:03-04:00

Logo Design for forthcoming Shopify site – products for un-teachers

E-commerce calls to action

2009-06-22T14:34:34-04:00

Designing a good buy button makes it easier for your customers to add your products to their basket:

Call to action buttons need to jump out at the shopper and leave them in no doubt about the next step they need to take to make a purchase.

It’s not enough just to place a link to buy or add an item to baskets on the product page; retailers need to think about making the button stand out from other elements on the page to attract as many clicks as possible. A good button can increase conversions, so it’s worth testing variations to find the most effective design.

Optimising Conversion Rates

2009-05-21T19:25:27-04:00

Good design and improving usability can make all the difference for your web shop:

”In eCommerce usability improvements usually have a huge impact on conversion rates. However, usability doesn’t only mean better visual guide or better site hierarchy. It also means a better communication with potential customers using a professional, trustworthy design, delivering the right information at the right time and communicating with users instead of throwing ad-slogans at them.”

Read the full post over at Smashing Magazine